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Blabera ligata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Blabera dubia Serville, 1838. Dubia cockroaches: Adult Male, Adult Female, and Juvenile. Blaptica dubia, the dubia roach, orange-spotted roach, [2] Guyana spotted roach, [3] or Argentinian wood roach, [4][5] is a medium-sized species of cockroach which grows to around 40–45 mm (1.6–1.8 in). [6][7]
The Turkestan cockroach, Periplaneta lateralis (also known by its synonyms Shelfordella lateralis and Blatta lateralis), [3] also known as the rusty red cockroach, [4] red runner cockroach[5] or simply rusty red, red runner, [5] or lat, is a primarily outdoor-dwelling cockroach native to an area from northern Africa to Central Asia. [6][7 ...
Blaberus discoidalis. Blaberus discoidalis, commonly known as the discoid cockroach, [2] tropical cockroach, [3] West Indian leaf cockroach, [3] false death's head cockroach, [4][5] Haitian cockroach, [6] and drummer, [7] is a cockroach native to Central America of the "giant cockroach" family, Blaberidae. [6][8] The adult is around 35–45 mm ...
Cockroaches (or roaches[1][2][3]) are insects belonging to the order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known pests. The cockroaches are an ancient group, with their ancestors, known as "roachoids", originating during the Carboniferous period, some 320 million ...
The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), also known as the hissing cockroach or simply hisser, is one of the largest species of cockroach, reaching 5 to 7.5 centimetres (2 to 3 inches) at maturity. They are native to the island of Madagascar, which is off the African mainland, where they are commonly found in rotting logs.
The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), also known as the waterbug (as they live in damp areas) or black cockroach (as their bodies are mostly dark), [1] is a large species of cockroach, adult males being 18–29 mm (0.71–1.14 in) and adult females being 20–27 mm (0.79–1.06 in). [2] It is dark brown or black in color and has a glossy ...
Linnaeus, 1767. The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm (0.43 to 0.63 in) [1][2] long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head ...
Perisphaeridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Giant cockroaches, or blaberids ( family Blaberidae ), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. [1] Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus Blaberus, but much of the diversity is also found in Africa and Asia.